The law regulating medical end-of-life decisions aims to support patients to receive high-
quality health care. It does so through ensuring treatment received reflects the person's …

This is the second article in a series of three that examines the legal role of medical
professionals in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from adults who …

Background: For a patient's legal right to make end-of-life treatment decisions to be
respected, health care practitioners, patients and their substitute decision-makers must know …

Objective To determine health care professionals' understanding of the current legal status
of different end-of-life practices and their future legal status if medical aid in dying were …

This is the first article in a series of three that examines the legal role of medical
professionals in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from adults who …

As a patient approaches the end of life, he or she faces a number of very difficult medical
decisions. Allied health care professionals, including speech–language pathologists (SLPs) …

Objectives: In view of the fact that there is a higher mortality rate for individuals with serious
mental illness and that people with mental illness suffer excess mortality due to physical …

Within contemporary health and social care for older people, it is widely accepted that best
outcomes are achieved when health professionals collaborate to provide integrated …

Objectives To describe current and planned processes and outcome measures to address
implementation of the six end-of-life actions in the National Safety and Quality Health …